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1. An expandable medical device deployable at least partially within a hole defined in a tissue structure between a first atrium and a second atrium of a heart, the hole defining an axis oriented axially through the hole, the expandable medical device comprising:
a frame configured to maintain a substantially flat configuration as said frame transitions and self-expands from a non-deployed state to an intended, as deployed state, said frame configured to be oriented parallel to, or extending along, the axis of the hole when in the intended, as-deployed state within the tissue structure, said frame comprising a central portion, at least one proximal anchor and at least one distal anchor, said central portion comprising a plurality of frame segments defining a multi-cellular structure, said at least one proximal anchor and said at least one distal anchor each configured to extend substantially coplanar with said central portion in the intended, as-deployed state with said at least one proximal anchor configured to extend in the first atrium and said at least one distal anchor configured to extend in the second atrium; wherein said plurality of frame segments each include an arcuate portion extending along a length thereof; and each cell of said multi-cellular structure is defined by said plurality of frame segments such that each cell includes a common frame segment of an adjacent cell.
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